Database/Anticaking/Dextrin Laurate
100% natural origin · ISO 16128

Is Dextrin Laurate natural?

Yes. Starch-derived dextrin esterified with coconut/palm-derived lauric acid; every carbon traces to plant feedstocks.

INCI nameDextrin Laurate
CAS79748-56-4
FunctionAnticaking · Emulsifying Surfactant
FeedstockMade by esterifying corn- or tapioca-derived dextrin with…

How we scored it

Dextrin (starch-derived) esterified with lauric acid (C12 oleochemical fatty acid); both fragments natural — 1.0.
What counts. ISO 16128-2 scores the atoms that remain in the final ingredient. Reagents, solvents, catalysts and protecting groups used during manufacture leave no mass behind and are not counted.

Where it comes from

Made by esterifying corn- or tapioca-derived dextrin with lauric acid from coconut or palm kernel oil. No significant alternative route.

In plain English

A plant starch combined with coconut-derived fatty acid, used to gently clean skin and help stabilize oil-and-water mixtures in cosmetics.

References

  1. 1ISO 16128-1:2016 and ISO 16128-2:2017 — Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products. ISO, Geneva.
  2. 2DEXTRIN LAURATE. CosIng — European Commission cosmetic ingredient database. ec.europa.eu/cosing ↗
  3. 3DEXTRIN LAURATE. CosIng u2014 European Commission database for information on cosmetic substances and ingredients. https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/cosing/search?search=DEXTRIN%20LAURATE